Recent content by maverick80

Have you read the Indiegogo comments? I would be more than "a bit apprehensive" if I were you with this one. There are a LOT of negative comments about the unit, to include with the inverter / shipping / customer service. I agree the price is amazing, but I would definitely suggest passing on...

If we're looking at the same Amazon listing (ASIN B08MZJW9Y5), I'm not sure I would call it a "dumpster fire". It has a score of 4.5 over 569 ratings with 8% of reviews having 1-2 stars. So there's definitely some negative reviews citing the issues you mentioned, but I'm not sure it's a...

I'm not sure I follow your "This is a solid product ..." logic considering all the negative comments on their Indiegogo page which continue as I write this. This is NOT a solid product and Leoch's responses are increasingly concerning. In one of their latest responses, they referred to some...

I think that's a pretty solid assessment Mutant. I am glad that Leoch is actually shipping the units, so that's good. But, man, I've been following the backer comments too and they're pretty terrible. It seems about half of the comments are about defective units. I'm very glad I cancelled my...

It's a bit buried but if you believe Bluetti's website and their email newsletter signup text on https://www.bluetti.com/pages/ep500-p, it's going to be "$2599(32% OFF)". That would be a killer deal at $0.51/Wh. But yes, I definitely agree with other posters that it's a total gamble...

Seems to be some confusion regarding when it will launch on Kickstarter as they struggle to update their various websites and social media. Most pages say March 16 but Maxoak's Facebook page states it will go live on Kickstarter February 16.

Nice find again. Pretty impressive specs .... and that fusion box looks neat. But Kickstarter ... blech. Definitely at least $4000 I would think.

Nice find. Looks pretty slick actually. I hope they don't put that thing on IGG, especially considering they appear to at least have a prototype already. Would be yet another IGG mess. Very interested to see the price point. I think anything with a 3 in front of it would make it very...

Re-donkulus is a perfect word to describe this rip-off. At that point, just get a Goal Zero 1500X (expensive in its own right). Twice the capacity for a slightly cheaper price. This makes sense only if you somehow already own a crap ton of their batteries. The only way they'll sell these is...

I know you like Goal Zero and the Yetis but they have their own issues. There's plenty of posts online and user reviews in various forums that discuss reliability and customer service failures with the units. I like Goal Zero's stuff (although they are way overpriced) ... and is it possible...

I bought an AC50 (NOT an AC50S) in November when Bluetti briefly had them discounted to $299. I am aware of the AC50's DC port limitation but mainly use it via the AC inverter, so the non-regulated DC issue was fine with me. I was definitely a bit spooked by Will's recent test on an AC50S that...

Ok, thank you for clarifying .... does the new unit have any clarification on the maximum solar panel panel specs? Does it include some cable that can be connected to MC4 connectors?

Thanks for flagging this unit and reviewing it. This one was not on my radar. It looks like this unit has been out for at least 3 years so it's definitely dated. Maybe the price/specs were a bit more competitive back then but $1,100 these days is insane. I agree $600 is very competitive from...

Those are all excellent questions. If I had to guess based on what I saw on Alibaba and other references for this company online, my guess is backers WILL get something on-time-ish, but it's clearly not at the discount they're alleging on their Indiegogo campaign .... and who knows what the...

Interesting. The Alibaba link I posted is for the X-1000 and def seems to show the 80W panel is included for $565. I just loaded the page and looked at it again and this still seems to be the case. Maybe a language barrier. But yea, shipping definitely seems to be all over the place.